Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave

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The Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave is a richly-furnished Celtic burial chamber near Hochdorf an der Enz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, dating from 530 BC in the Hallstatt culture period. It was discovered in 1968 by an amateur archaeologist and excavated from 1978 to 1979. By then, the burial mound covering the grave, originally 6 m in height and about 60 m in diameter, had shrunk to about 1 m in height and was hardly discernible due to centuries of erosion and agricultural use. ()

Local name: Keltenmuseum Hochdorf Coordinates: 48°53'20"N, 9°0'35"E

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Keltenstr. 2Baden-WürttembergGermany

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Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Nippenburg, Grüner Heiner, Vaihingen an der Enz concentration camp, Bartholomäuskirche.

2.9 miSE
Forts and castles
Nippenburg
74 min walk • Nippenburg, both the ruined castle built on a mountain spur overlooking the Glems river valley and the farming village it was constructed at, is located 295 m above sea level and 14 kilometres from Stuttgart's city center near the town of Schwieberdingen.
5.6 miSE
Nature, Hill, Natural attraction
Grüner Heiner, Stuttgart
144 min walk • Grüner Heiner is a mountain of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is a Schuttberg, an artificial hill built from the ruins and rubble from World War II.
4.7 miNW
Concentration camp
Vaihingen an der Enz concentration camp, Vaihingen an der Enz
119 min walk • Vaihingen an der Enz concentration camp, near the city of Vaihingen an der Enz in the Neckar region of Germany, was a slave labor camp for armament manufacturing built by the Todt organization. In the end phase of the war it became a concentration camp for sick and dying prisoners.
3.4 miE
Church
Bartholomäuskirche, Markgröningen
88 min walk • The Bartholomäuskirche in Markgröningen, the former imperial and Württemberg official town of Grüningen, is a Gothic church building from the 13th to 15th centuries, built in several construction phases. Dedicated to St.
4 miNW
Forts and castles
Schloss Kaltenstein, Vaihingen an der Enz
103 min walk • Kaltenstein Castle is located in the Baden-Württemberg municipality of Vaihingen an der Enz and towers over the town as its landmark.
3.3 miW
Museum
Kunstwerk Sammlung Klein
84 min walk • Kunstwerk - Sammlung Alison und Peter W. Klein is a private art museum of the entrepreneurial couple Alison and Peter W. Klein in Eberdingen-Nussdorf, about 35 kilometers northwest of Stuttgart.
~1500 ftW
Museum, Specialty museum
Keltenmuseum
8 min walk • The Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave is a richly-furnished Celtic burial chamber near Hochdorf an der Enz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, dating from 530 BC in the Hallstatt culture period.
5.3 miNE
Forts and castles
Ruine Altsachsenheim
135 min walk • Altsachsenheim is the ruin of a hilltop castle in the district of the town of Sachsenheim in the Ludwigsburg district of Baden-Württemberg.
3.9 miS
Museum, Art gallery
Warrior of Hirschlanden
99 min walk • The Warrior of Hirschlanden is a statue of a nude ithyphallic warrior made of sandstone, the oldest known Iron Age life-size anthropomorphic statue north of the Alps. It was a production of the Hallstatt culture, probably dating to the 6th century BC.
5.1 miSE
Church
Konstanzer Kirche, Ditzingen
129 min walk • The Constance Church in Ditzingen is a Protestant late Gothic church from around 1470. It is a cultural monument according to § 28 DSchG BW.
3.2 miSE
Golf
Golfanlage Schloss Nippenburg
82 min walk • Golfanlage Schloss Nippenburg is a golf course in Schwieberdingen, located on the northwestern edge of Stuttgart, Germany. The 18-hole course has its name from castle Nippenburg, located next the golf course.